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the aid of a "Vet." One does not have to look 

 very far to discover numbers of men who started 

 in the breeding of the American dog with high 

 hopes and enthusiastic endeavors to success, who 

 have fallen by the wayside, owing largely to the 

 fact that proper attention was not paid to the 

 selection of suitable breeding stock, especially 

 the matrons. Said a man to me last year: 

 "Much as I love the dog, and crazy as I am to 

 raise some good pups, I have given up for all 

 time trying to breed Boston terriers. I have 

 lost eight bitches in succession whelping." We 

 have all of us "been there" and quite a number 

 of us "many a time." 



In order to obtain strong, vigorous puppies 

 that will live and develop into dogs that will be 

 noted for vigorous constitutions, we shall simply, 

 and in language that can be readily understood 

 by the novice as well as the established breeder, 

 lay down the rules that a quarter of a century 

 has demonstrated to be the correct ones for the 

 attainment of the same as used in our kennels. 

 As all puppies that leave our place are sold 

 with the guarantee of reaching maturity (unless 

 shown, when we take no risks whatever in re- 

 gard to distemper, mange, etc.), it will readily 

 be seen that they must have a first class start, 

 and must of necessity be the progeny of stock 

 possessing first class vigor and the quality of 



